Doffing Sterile Gloves

The term ‘doffing’ means to?

• ‘Put on’

  sterile gloves.

• 'Put aside’

  the sterile gloves.

• ‘Take off’

  sterile gloves.

• ‘Take apart’ sterile gloves.

Doffing sterile gloves is a critical step in?

• Preventing spread of infectious micro-organisms.

• Preventing the of salt.

• Preventing the of wrong information.

• Preventing the of sodium chloride on wounds.

True or False:

Doffing involves following specific procedure to minimise the risk of self-contamination?

• True

• False

How many patients develop a hospital acquired infection per year because of breaches in infection control procedures.

• 100

  thousand

• 200

  thousand

• 300

  thousand

• 400

  thousand

Yes or No:

Incorrect doffing will increase a person’s risk of developing a hospital-acquired infection by 69%.

• Yes

• No

In this image,

the person grasping the outside of the edge of the cuff correctly?

• Yes

• No

True or False:

Once you take off both sterile gloves, you should put the gloves in the bin?

• True

• False

Yes or No:

Should you always wash your hands or use hand sanitiser when you discard the gloves in the bin?

• Yes

• No

In this image,

should we slide out ungloved finger under the cuff of the remaining glove?

• Yes

• No

In this image,

do we peel the glove off inside out over the previously removed glove, bagging both gloves?

• Yes

• No